Same Day Alert. Next Day Viewing. Second Day Offer.

Peterborough sits approximately one hour north of London by train. For Roshan, who is London-based, it is a commutable market, close enough to view quickly and far enough from London pricing to offer strong HMO yields. The city has a stock of Victorian terraced housing that, with the right dimensions, converts well to luxury HMO.

He had Property Filter alerts running for the area. When a probate property came to market via an auction house (the daughter of the deceased seller looking for a fast sale), and the alert arrived the same day it was listed.

"We got the alert coming same day. And already there were five or six viewings booked."

Auction properties below market value move fast. Roshan knew this. He booked a viewing the next day. He placed his offer on the second day after the viewing.

The property had been listed with an auction guide price of £120,000. On the open market, the same property would have sold for approximately £220,000. Roshan paid £175,000, considerably below market value, and considerably above a guide price that clearly underrepresented what the property was worth.

The BRR Plan: Bridging to a Six-Bed En-Suite HMO

The property is now being converted into a six-bedroom, all en-suite HMO, the minimum specification Roshan works to across his portfolio. The acquisition is being financed via bridging, which allows the conversion to proceed before the property is refinanced against its improved commercial valuation.

Roshan's projected ROI range is 22 to 26 per cent, with the conservative figure calculated on inflated costs, and the upper figure based on pulling out a large proportion of the capital via the refinance to deploy into the next deal.

"Long story short, Property Filter started it off with that one alert."

10 Minutes in the Evening. That Is the Whole Routine.

Before Property Filter, Roshan spent 30 minutes or more each day on Rightmove, scrolling through alerts, manually checking floor plans, and building enough context to assess whether a property was worth investigating further.

That has now compressed to ten minutes most evenings.

"Daily: about 10 minutes in the evening. Push dinner. Just quickly have a log on, quickly check if there's anything in the action. Take action. Otherwise, move on to the next day."

What makes Property Filter efficient for Roshan is not just that alerts are more precise; it is that the platform allows him to do deal review and preliminary calculations simultaneously. The information he needs to make a decision is in one place: floor plan, price history, land registry data, comparables. He does not need to cross-reference multiple tabs or tools to get to a position where he can act.

For a London-based investor building a national luxury HMO portfolio, while simultaneously managing acquisitions, refurbishments, and bridging drawdowns, that compression of the daily research routine is significant. The time saved is not just convenience. It is capacity.

The First Deal Pays for the Subscription

Roshan was hesitant before joining. The question he asked himself was the same one most property investors ask: is the tool worth the subscription cost before I have seen results from it?

His answer now is straightforward.

"As soon as you get one deal, you've probably already made your money up for the year, regardless of what strategy you use. That cash flow will pay out some of the Property Filter subscription. So that's the way I thought about it when I was hesitating."

In 2024, one deal closed. In 2025, Roshan is targeting three to four. The mechanism is the same: Property Filter alerts fire the moment something hits the market, the floor plan filter means only viable properties come through, and the speed of response (same day alert, next day viewing, offer the day after) is what secures deals before competing buyers have even booked viewings.

The constraint is no longer finding opportunities. It is taking action when they appear.